Sharon WoodhouseMay 27Slow Relationships, Sustainable Business50 easy ways to re-connect for defensive entrepreneurship and post-pandemic socializing. Where did my most recent client work come from?...
Sharon WoodhouseMay 17Build It and the Work Will ComeWhat you do while waiting for work creates a sustainable business — a sturdy container the work can flow into. Waiting for freelance...
Sharon WoodhouseApr 26Freelancers, Here’s How You Get Paid — Always and Mostly on TimeDon’t get stiffed by clients again. Msn.com recently reported that the majority of freelancers get stiffed by their clients, quoting...
Sharon WoodhouseApr 19The "Magic" 3-to-1 Ratio to Boost Any Business or Creative ProjectSome of the best tools are the simplest ones. Easy to remember, easy to use. Effective in multiple situations. Powerful beyond expectation.
Sharon WoodhouseApr 12We Should All Be MillionairesRachel Rodgers makes a strong case and provides a map. We should all be millionaires. No doubt. It’s quite a statement, but author...
Sharon WoodhouseMar 21How I Rebuilt a Full-Time Freelance Business Three Different TimesAfter a kid, after a concussion, during Covid. After I did it once, I knew it could be done. After the second time, my confidence...
Sharon WoodhouseFeb 28Self as Authority: #28 of 28 Big Ideas from the World of CoachingSelf as authority is #28 of 28 big ideas from the world of coaching. To close this series, let me emphasize something fundamental to...
Sharon WoodhouseFeb 22Grow a New or Existing Business with a Tour of NeedsFinding places to care, create, and serve as creators, solopreneurs, and jacks-of-all-trade. We have them in spades and so do our fellow...
Sharon WoodhouseFeb 11Indie Bookstores Should Formally Become the Private Clubs They Already AreHear me out…at least SOME of them B-b-b-but democracy and literacy. Books are for everyone. Books and reading and literacy are...
Sharon WoodhouseFeb 4There’s No Business Like Slow BusinessIt’s time for a prominent Slow Business movement. There is no Great Resignation at the moment for those of us who are self-employed...
Sharon WoodhouseJan 21Loving: #26 of 28 Big Ideas from the World of Coaching“We can only learn to love by loving.”— Iris Murdoch. Loving is #26 of 28 big ideas from the world of coaching...
Sharon WoodhouseJan 14A Day in the Life of a Creative Multipreneur and ConsultantI live a Good Life, Sybil, School Day model of ‘Refusing to Choose. ’I’ve been forging and living a hard-to-describe typical workday...
Sharon WoodhouseJan 7Creating a Cottage Industry Around Your Book, Art, or Other HobbyActual things I've seen work over more than 25 years helping authors and creatives develop side income from their book, art, or hobby...
Sharon WoodhouseJan 6Costs, Benefits, Tradeoffs, Tipping the Scale: #25 of 28 Big Ideas from the World of CoachingExploring costs, benefits, tradeoffs, and tipping the scale, #25 of 28 big ideas from the world of coaching...
Sharon WoodhouseDec 22, 2021The Coaching Advantage for Almost AnyoneCoaching holds advantages for almost anyone, as seen in these four recommended books...
Sharon WoodhouseDec 15, 2021Priorities and Nested Priorities: #24 of 28 Big Ideas from the World of CoachingInherent in the concept of priorities is import, but so is rank. Some things matter to us more than others, and so does how we rank them...
Sharon WoodhouseDec 13, 2021The Dil Pickle: An Inspiration to Expand Nightlife Options EverywhereFive ideas to get entrepreneurs started and draw new crowds out of their homes...all inspired by Chicago's historic Dil Pickle Club.
Sharon WoodhouseDec 10, 2021Gratitude: #23 of 28 Big Ideas from the World of CoachingWhether you fall back on subjective experience or objective data, gratitude delivers. It’s 23 of 28 big ideas from the world of coaching...
Sharon WoodhouseDec 8, 2021Service Marketing 101: One Way To Build a 100% Referral BusinessAn idea, a mindset, and a formula of "yes, I can." Yes, I can do that. This is how I can help you...
Sharon WoodhouseDec 7, 2021Plenty: #22 of 28 Big Ideas from the World of CoachingAn ecosystem of enough. A sense of abundance. Everything an overflowing cornucopia. Plenty is 22 of 28 big ideas from the world of coaching.